Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT Dr Lloyd Barnett has described as “unfortunate and sad” the so-called letter saga in which Speaker of the House of Represen...
A FORMER Jamaican ambassador says the diplomatic corps is likely to be “disturbed” by the dishonouring of two former prime ministers in a controversial post that appeared on the Instagram pag...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240418/stupid-act
Barbados-born businessman Omar Collymore, who is on trial for reportedly masterminding the murder of his wife, was the sole beneficiary on her $21-million life insurance and was also allotted 70 ...
Tuesday’s unavailability of a prisoner housed at the Kingston Central police lockup to attend the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for a criminal matter has led to the revelation of an outbr...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240418/swine-flu-outbreak-lockup
WESTERN BUREAU: THIEVES HAVE removed seven of 10 Jamaica Public Service (JPS)-installed street lights in Orange Bay, Western Hanover, once again, leaving the five-kilometre stretch of roadway bet...
WESTERN BUREAU: STUDENTS AT St James-based Maldon High School now have an opportunity to practise fish-farming along with other agricultural lessons following Tuesday’s commissioning of a concr...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LONG Hill bypass in St James will be developed into a four-lane dual carriageway, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) revealed on Tuesday at a meeting...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240418/four-lanes-toll-long-hill-bypass
GLENMUIR HIGH School in Clarendon exhibited an array of entrepreneurial acumen, artistic flair, and innovative prowess during an esteemed event dubbed ‘Earn ‘N Share’. Stakeholders includin...
Businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore had taken out an $80-million life insurance policy less than three months before she was murdered to add to a similar policy she had valued at $21 million....
“We are championing a movement,” declared Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams on Tuesday as she addressed the CREATHER Girls in Information Communication and Technology (ICT) media l...
When lawmakers next meet at Gordon House, five investigation reports from the Integrity Commission (IC) will be before the Speaker for tabling. Indicative rulings from the director of corruption ...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240417/ic-submits-5-reports-rulings-house-tabling
Trouble is brewing at Calabar High in St Andrew, where at least two stakeholder groups are expressing strong opposition to any attempt by the institution’s board to confirm Acting Principal Sia...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240417/showdown-calabar
WESTERN BUREAU: A pall of grief hung over the south Trelawny community of Litchfield on Tuesday, as loved ones of slain Constable Ricardo Fairclough struggled to cope with his murder. Fairclough,...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240417/mourning-hero
Leonard Francis, the newly appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), is urging the relevant stakeholders to hold him accountable for his stew...
Leonard Francis, the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), says the entity will be fostering a culture of collaboration and research to further...
Newly minted Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Colleen Lowe has admitted that her predecessor was on vacation leave when the Financial Services Commission (FSC) audit report was returned by the A...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn and defence lawyers in the Keith Clarke murder trial yesterday locked horns over the defence’s request to place the hearing on hold pending...
A teacher has been hospitalised with chest and upper-left side wounds after gunmen smashed open a window to her St Andrew home and opened fire in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The incident occ...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240416/teacher-shot-home-attack
Former clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis said she had carried out her duties diligently and complied with the ruling of the Speaker in how reports from the Auditor General’s Depar...
Former Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis has said she will accept nothing less than a public withdrawal by House Speaker Juliet Holness of a March 22 letter of reprimand sent to her...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240416/curtis-breaks-silence